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Rusty Idols

@rustyidols.bsky.social
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Canadian former Journalist, former union activist and lobbyist. He/Him. Refugee from the bad place.

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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
When I was a kid I thought Stan Lee created the Marvel Universe and that 'Written by Stan Lee' meant Stan Lee came up with all these amazing concepts and characters and wrote a movie script for the page describing everything.
Then I found out he and Jack Kirby would have a conversation, sometimes as brief as a few words over the phone, Jack Kirby would go away and create the Fantastic Four and basically a complete comic book. Stan would then do a dialogue pass over it.  
Sometimes a little more than that, sometimes a little less.
Same with Steve Ditko on Spider-Man and Doctor Strange.
Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko created the Marvel universe.  Stan Lee helped.
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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
was once New Amsterdam.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
We grew up steeped in the consensus that countries doing what we SEE happening now are monstrously evil and must be stopped. When we see videos that look like outtakes from the ghetto clearance scene in Schindler's List telling us that we are antisemitic for objecting is simply not going to work.
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Rogerman @rogerman99.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Are we stupid? Are we corrupt? Why not both. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/23/i...
nationalobserver.com
Three quarters of data centre sites planned in Alberta are in high water stress areas
Canada’s National Observer analyzed the locations of 38 data centre campuses proposed in the province, and found that three quarters of them are in regions where water use is already in shorter supply...
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SpeedK @speedk.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I never knew Tim Curry was originally considered for Hannibal Lecter in Silence Of The Lambs. Of course, Anthony Hopkins performance is iconic and legendary, but now I wonder how Tim would've played Hannibal. I think he would've pulled it off well.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
About 70% of the U.S. economy runs on consumer spending. But as wealth concentrates at the top, the richest 10% can’t spend enough to sustain it — while everyone else can’t afford to. Reminder that trickle-down economics simply doesn’t make sense. It’s a hoax.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Nobody will ever convince me that this didn't start with a bunch of cops with visions of juicy forfeiture loot in their heads talking about how some rich rapper who sings about weed lives in their jurisdiction and then calling in an anonymous tip so that they could go on a fishing expedition.
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
why aren't other countries helping us with the strait of hormuz after we started an unjust war, cut off trade, and insulted them for a year?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Parody military mission patch.  Leering trump and legend: 'OPERATION FAT CHILD MOLESTER
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Americans feeling trapped, military aged men, LGBT people watching your country go Nazi - if you can prove that any of your 4 grandparents or 8 great grandparents were born in Canada you citizenship is automatic if you choose to claim it. immigration.ca/claiming-can...
immigration.ca
How to Claim Canadian Citizenship by Descent Under Canada’s New Citizenship Act Bill C-3 - Canada Immigration and Visa Information. Canadian Immigration Services and Free Online Evaluation.
Learn how Canada’s new Bill C-3 restores citizenship by descent, removes the first-generation limit, and allows multigenerational claims for those born abroad.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Americans, you get that you are being rushed into war with Iran because Israel knows that this is probably the last US administration that can be counted on to overlook ethnic cleansing, provide a blank check and fight their wars for them, right? apnews.com/article/poll...
apnews.com
Americans' sympathies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have shifted dramatically, new poll shows
A new Gallup poll shows that American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians after decades of overwhelming support for the Israelis.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Tucker Carlson is an all but open Nazi and his critique is tuned to the antisemitic right - which is why better journalists should have been doing a better job so the tough questions Israel's defenders should be facing come from someone with more credibility. 1/
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Reaky @reaky.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Andrew in the car on the way back from the police station Bob Hoskins in the car in The Long Good Friday
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Parodies that were taken literally and became as popular or more popular than the things they were parodies of: Teenage Mutant Turtles The DC comics character Lobo Sailor Moon Paul Verhoeven's entire film making career.
Teenage Mutant Turtles and Sailor Moon girlsMontage of Verhoeven moviesLobo
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ceej @ceej.online · 19/02/2026
checking out a failing local dive is dangerous because sometimes you have a really good time and then it’s like, oh fuck, now I am Responsible for this failing local dive
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The FBI has not released all the evidence it has on this victim or her allegations against Trump. Her story was credible enough to be used to sue Epstein successfully and help convict Ghislaine Maxwell. Why can't the world see an unredacted 302 report?
Tweet from Harry Sisson stating that the FBI interviewed a girl who accused Trump of assault when she was 13–15 years old and deemed her credible, followed by the question, “Exonerated by who, exactly?” Embedded below is a screenshot of a tweet quoting Trump saying he has been totally exonerated regarding Jeffrey Epstein.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Just finished the Final Architecture trilogy, man is Adrian Tchaikovsky a great writer! Huge sprawling high end space opera with universal stakes but character driven. Big ideas, dramatic set pieces and a satisfying conclusion. Just a joy to read.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Republicans when Ilhan Omar says Somalia executes pedos.
media.tenor.com
Beavis Cornholio GIF
Alt: Beavis Cornholio GIF "Are you threatening me?"
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
When Libertarians tell you that they are all about 'freedom' and don't understand why you start laughing and then punch them.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Went to a local comic show today and found a quest item in a $3 box. One of Tom Sutton's earliest covers for Charlton.
Ghostly Tales #105
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
He's always loved bullying people with litigation but have you noticed that there is ONE thing he never sues over no matter how increasingly often he's accused of it? You'd think he was scared of the discovery process that would ensue if he did or something...
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ceej @ceej.online · 07/02/2026
production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The Conservative Party membership doubled down on Pierre Poilievre on Friday. This is Conservative friendly pollster Mainstreet. This is, like it or not, how the wider electorate reacted to that choice. Conservatives, whatever you do, don't say we didn't warn you.
Poll showing huge boost for Liberals and huge drop for Conservatives. - 51% to 35.5%.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Stop making cops feel cool. Don't give them bad-ass names like 'Scorpion Unit' or black paint jobs on their cruisers or black gloves on their hands to make them look menacing. Dress and treat them like social workers who are expected to deescalate every chance they get.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
If you claim that Israel is held to a different standard you are absolutely correct. There's a standard of behaviour we expect from democracies from the one we deplore from dictatorships. The price for claiming that you're the only democracy in the region is being expected to act like it.
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🇨🇦 l.faraday 🇨🇦 @mizati.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This is the view near High Park in #Toronto. We’re quickly entering record breaking territory with the most snow to fall in one day. The lake effect snow just won’t quit. #Canada
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Christopher Lee told Hammer he wouldn't make another shitty Dracula sequel forcing studio head Michael Carreras to admit he'd already pre-sold it to Warner Bros - but predicated on Lee starring and if he pulled out hundreds of people would lose their jobs. It was emotional blackmail but it worked.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The Trump Administration says the Second Amendment doesn't apply in any situation where a government agent decides that it shouldn't. www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
cnn.com
Bovino argues Second Amendment did not apply to Pretti
Anti-ICE protesters were already marching in Minneapolis this weekend, and tensions in the city have been inflamed by another fatal shooting by a federal officer. Follow for live updates.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Reading corner
Chair in a bookshelf filled corner.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I think we should assume that most of the statements and moves that world leaders in Canada and Europe are making right now are aimed at one audience: Republican Senators. And Trump, sulkily and unwillingly, climbing down from military threats to Denmark suggests that strategy might be working.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Prime Minister Carney just angered his Ontario manufacturing base to help Alberta Canola farmers while you fools whine about communism. Ready to shut up? apnews.com/article/chin...
apnews.com
Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese EVs in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products
Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.
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Pinny98765 @pinny98765.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The message from American Nazis is clear - shoot more people and you will be financially rewarded. ICE is now officially a death squad. The oligarchs just declared war on their own people.
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mr-yoyito.bsky.social @mr-yoyito.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
On Jan 7, 2026 six Minneapolis moms subdued an ICE agent, took his gun, dragged him down the stairs, tased and beat him till unconscious. He suffered a heart attack and traumatic head injury. Oops, my mistake, that’s what pardoned peaceful protesters did to me Officer Mike Fanone on Jan 6, 2021.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
It turns out 'Who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?' still only works on 28% of Americans - making up 61% of the Republican Party. And even Republicans don't want panicky heavily armed ICE agents going into their kids school.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
If a church held auctions of stolen land I would support protesting it. If a Mosque held auctions of stolen land I would support protesting it. The double standard is demanding that Synagogues be treated differently.
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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
1st Folio (124)
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The dishonesty of “conservatives” about the killing of Renee Good makes me want to quote Lincoln: “When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Bryan Passifiume is the Toronto Sun's Ottawa bureau chief and chortles over a 37 year old mother getting shot in the face.
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
ICE agents are doubtlessly taking their cue from the Trump administration's full throated defense of cold blooded murder, but they should ask themselves if angry juries will convict anyone defending themselves from them with any force up to and including lethal after last week.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 10/01/2026
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The essential core ideology behind Libertarianism: “Don’t tell me what to do Gary, you’re not the boss of me - you’re not even my real Dad!”
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents. @zeteo.com
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Rusty Idols @rustyidols.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Renee Good was murdered because she clearly felt neither fear nor respect for a man who became a jackbooted masked thug because he was desperate for both. The satisfied 'Fucking bitch.' after he shot her in the face and her car rolled away was the purest giveaway of his motivation.
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cleisthenesforever.bsky.social @cleisthenesforever.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The US is sanctioning judges among whose assignments is the legal reckoning with genocide. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
irishtimes.com
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
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